Maale language
| Maale | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Omo region, southeast of Jinka |
Native speakers | 95,000 (2007 census)[1] |
| Ethiopic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mdy |
| Glottolog | male1284 |
| ELP | Malé |
Maale (also spelled Male), is an Omotic language spoken in the Omo Region of Ethiopia by the Male people.[2] It is called Male (Ethiopia) in ISO 639-3 to distinguish it from Male (Papua New Guinea).
Notes
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
References
- Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa.
External links
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Maale
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